Tuesday 23 October 2007

Residents of Lower Broughton in Salford have met with Countryside Properties to exchange ideas and develop designs for new homes being built in the next phases of the New Broughton development.

Countryside Properties has formed a partnership with Salford City Council to transform the Lower Broughton area by redeveloping 75 hectares and delivering over 3,500 mixed-tenure homes alongside a full range of community facilities including shops, leisure, employment, education and training over the next ten to fifteen years. The regeneration scheme will invest just over £500 million in the area.

All residents directly involved in the next two phases were invited to attend consultation events held in Lower Broughton, to share their thoughts on the next stages of the development. Around 50 people attended the events and met with; New Broughton Project Director, Les Brown; Designer, Fraser Watkins; and Jude Barker, Assistant Development Manager, as well as representatives from Salix Homes and social landlord Contour Homes.

Residents looked at a number of different plans illustrating the potential layouts for the houses and shared their thoughts on the designs.

A separate consultation event was also held to capture residents' views on how the open space planned around the area should be used.

Les Brown, Project Director for New Broughton said; "The local community are really passionate about the way the houses will be designed and it was wonderful to see them come along and get involved. We've been consulting with residents for the last four years and listening to their ideas and we'll keep doing so at every stage of the development. Residents' views are really important to us and capturing and using them will help us to develop the area to the standards the community truly deserves."

Feedback provided by Countryside Properties will allow residents to see how their input will be used in the design of the next two phases.